Money Monster

The film stars George Clooney as ‘Lee Gates’, a TV personality who advises his audience on commerce and Wall Street. During a live show of ‘Money Monster’ he’s forcefully interrogated by ‘Kyle Budwell’, a grief-stricken bankrupt viewer who lost his money after a previous tip from Lee. The film also stars Julia Roberts as the director of the television show who has to try and advise Lee on how to reason and/or bargain with Kyle in order to save all their lives.

Personally, I love these kinds of films that keep you interested with some really powerful tension-building. This film does this really well and Jack O’ Connell plays the unstable ‘Kyle’ in the best way possible. However, ‘Money Monster’ also brings some light-hearted humour to a literally ‘life or death’ situation – enter George Clooney with his dad-like dance moves and erectile issues. This made the feature more entertaining for me and no doubt I will remember the film more because of it.

This film also never felt like it was set in ‘real-time’; some features I’ve watched can really drag when they choose to do this but Money Monster was different and thus kept my attention throughout.

Overall, I don’t think this is the most amazing film I’ve ever seen but it certainly entertained me and my mum (who by the way is an embarrassingly massive George Clooney fan).